Style and substance
Congrefs and confusion: The results of Week 1028 Ahh, it takes so long to judge a Style Invitational joint legislation contest, but heck, its still a lot of fun. I uk loved the idea also from the lately prolific Mr. Carnahan of using the First U.S. Congress (1789-91) as a way to link it to Independence Day; the contest was posted July 3. The immediate questions that popped up would I require that the names actual pronunciation be used, and how much research would this require?
See the original at http://www.washingtonpost.com/conversations/style-conversational-week-10321028-talk-about-your-hidden-messages/2013/08/01/776ca682-fabe-11e2-8752-b41d7ed1f685_story.html
Yet this is more subtle than outsiders sometimes appreciate. The catechism deplores homosexual acts, terming them objectively disordered, but it also forthrightly condemns all signs of discrimination against homosexuals, saying they must be accepted with respect, compassion, and sensitivity. The intriguing aspect of his remark, however, was the question that prompted it: about Monsignor Battista Ricca, appointed by Francis in June to perhaps the most sensitive job in the Vatican, the Prelate of the Institute for the Works of Religion (IOR), popularly known as the Vatican bank. He will be the popes eyes and ears in an outfit that has besmirched the image of the papacy, and which Francis seems set on overhauling. He has since named one commission to scrutinise the IOR and another to look at the overall management of the Vaticans finances. Now many wonder if Francis was set upperhaps deliberately misinformed about his choice. Shortly before he left Rome LEspresso, a newsweekly, reported that Monsignor Riccas time as a Vatican diplomat in homepage Uruguay had been beset by scandal.
See the original at http://www.economist.com/news/international/21582553-pope-wows-brazil-battlesand-trapslie-home-style-and-substance
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